Thread: Macpherson Jointer

Nice score, looks like it will come up well

Don't forget to update the thread once you have it cleaned up and going

Looks like a good little (but heavy) project.

I did up a little old 6" job a couple of years back & it was good to see it up & working & doing a proper job once I had finished.

This'll be a good one to watch.

Given that you're doing it BobL, it'll come up real smick.

Cheers Guys.

Originally Posted by Waldo

Given that you're doing it BobL, it'll come up real smick.

I dunno Waldo, my partner in this crime (Jeff) is a bit more practical than I, but lets see what happens given that ally welder BIL is also involved. I'm just looking forward to being able to joint long boards with a bit of confidence.

Hopefully this will be the start of setting up a small timber finishing area at the milling yard. Were now on the look out for a big (750 mm or bigger) thicknesser.

Dam that thing is an aircraft carrier!

top score Bob

The day we bought this thing I told SWMBO that Jeff and I was going to look at some WW tools and I'm sure she was thinking 'Hand-Tools' and she said "That's nice Dear!" Anyway, when Jeff picked it up with the 3 ton HIAB I was thinking of asking him to bring it past my place to ask SWMBO where he could put it (I live on a small inner city block) but we couldn't quite arrange it.

Jeff and I are setting up a bit of a shared resawing timber prep facility with this Jointer, my new 19" BS and a new 2HP DC. I think I might also add my 392 ( Thicknesser planer) and the next thing we're chasing is a big thicknesser. The other thing I'd like is a big drum sander.

If you have a machinery reconditioning or restoration background this should be a walk in the park. I'll see if I can find the thread posted last year sometime by one of our U.S. members on re-doing a similar machine.

Since this thing has been left outside you need to look critically at all the bolts and fasteners on the cutter block. Make damned sure that the blade retention system is not compromised by corrosion. I'm sure that you already know that your bearings in the cutter block and motor may be shot too. (No big deal...standard ball bearings probably, and not wildly expensive)

The tables should still be flat at least, and you'd think that the rust may be uniform in depth. If that's the case then electrolysis may be your answer for rust removal that leaves you with flat tables...otherwise you will need to find some machine shop who can re-surface them on a Blanchard grinder or (better) a planer. (A planer leaves evenly spaced ridges as evidenced on the better cast iron machines)

While you are restoring the machine you might spend some time thinking about fabricating some kind of hood below the tables to allow dust collection. Our modern attitudes about managing risk are at odds somewhat with older machine design...guards, switches, dust collection being the areas of the greatest advances.

Good luck with the machine...looks like a fun project

Thanks for the tips GQ

Originally Posted by gregoryq

I'll see if I can find the thread posted last year sometime by one of our U.S. members on re-doing a similar machine.

Yes I have seen this inspirational thread by Kudzu and while it might look as bad as Kudzu's, the "Old Yella" as we have nicknamed it appears to be in much better shape.

Cheers

I finally got around to doing something to "Old Yella"

Sorry about the crappy photos, my mobile phone was a bit grubby and sweaty at the time.

I've stripped the rust of the surfaces and got the moving parts lubed and all moving smoothly and freely, I have repainted parts of the fence but we decided not to do up the base at this time because we need to get it working and using it soon. That's just dust on the table. I'm in the middle of building a new guard for it. It was quite easy getting the rust off as it was just surface rust and I just used an angle grinder with a wire wheel and it came up real nice.



While I'm at it here is something we picked up a while back.

This is a 9 ft x 6" belt sander that has been sitting outside for some time and then a truck backed into it!.
It needs a lot of work.


This is what I picked up recently;
This is am Italian made Dewalt 16" RAS - this is real nice and needs nothing done to it except maybe a new table top.


This is a variable speed (1000 to 3500 rpm) Woodfast combination machine, 12" table saw, 6" jointer, doweling, mortiser, spindle and bandsaw. It also comes with a dedicated chip and dust collector.


FInally a 2HP industrial strength DC on the left (green machine) and a 2HP hobby level machine I picked up second hand, never been used, a while back.

All of the machines are 3 Phase except for the DCs.

Now all I need is couple of spare weeks to sort them out!

Cheers

That's quite a collection of giants you've got there. I am looking forward to the next installment.

Hey man its good to read some of the names on your machines. I had a Wolfenden jointer at one stage. This was when machines were mad to last. Keep up the good work.
Yours 4-6-4